ONTARIO – Negotiations over a transfer of control of LA/Ontario International Airport may be ongoing, but one councilman already has a plan if they fail – filing an antitrust lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles.

Illinois state pension systems are the worst-funded in the nation — called a “crisis” by the governor, “unfixable” by a Chicago business group — and they share a problem with CalSTRS: years of deliberate underfunding.

President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) met Sunday afternoon at the White House to continue discussions over how to avert the “fiscal cliff,” their first in-person gathering in nearly a month as the deadline to avert a massive tax hike is fast approaching.